Bill Gates on Confidence Quotes

"Optimism is often dismissed as false hope. But there is also false hopelessness."

"Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana."

"Energy and health are the two things that determine the quality of life."

"I'm trying to be as efficient as I can be."

"Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a very important thing."

"I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. But many others were also there. The difference was that I took action."

"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."

"I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts."

"I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one."

"Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important."

"The vision is about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what's going on so they can do a lot more than they've done in the past."

"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good."

"If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?"

"The future is coming faster than we think."

"I'm an optimist. I believe that by the end of the century, we will have solved most of the problems we face today."

"Patience is a key element of success."

"We are not even close to finished."

"We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior."

"The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't even really notice it."

"My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things."

"Is the rich person's dog entitled to more healthcare than a poor person's child? I don't think so."

"In the long run, your human capital is your main asset."

"Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world... if you do so, you are insulting yourself."

"If you think your teacher is tough, wait 'til you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure."

"The belief that the world is getting better is a huge asset."

"I'm a believer in the power of ideas and the power of people to make those ideas real."

"You have to have a certain amount of audacity to think you can change the world."

"I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot."

"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."

"To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks."

"Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning."

"I’m a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects."